World - General

KOHLER LITERATURE AUCTION 2017 (B.184)
588 lots (some illus in colour) of mainly classic early handbooks and philatelic works, auction catalogues of early famous sales, all countries, a fine overview of famous names and publishers from the past in the world of philately, c130 pages, March 2017

VADE MECUM by SERRANE (B.298)
Forgery and reprint guide to stamps of all countries, Volume I is Europe, Volume II is Overseas, in French, illustrations are mainly line drawings of key features but enough to be useful, perspective is from a French angle and gives more infomration on France & Colonies and other Latin countries than is normally found in other later forgery guides. Volume I 480 pages, published 1926, Volume II 315 pages, published 1929. Typical of French books of the 1920s, economy paper and inadequate binding, Vol II has split but the pages are still complete. Masses of information.

CRASH MAIL (B.309)
Harmers auction (Dec 2001) of the Howard Longden O.B.E. collection of wreck, crash, Balloon POst and Disaster Mail, from all countries of the world, 692 lots, nearly all illus in colour in 56 plates plus 41 pages of text, important catalogue for reference.